לאה
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Etymology edit
From Proto-Semitic *layʾ-at- ~ laʾay-at- (“cow”), possibly from verbal root *l-ʾ-y "to be strong, mighty". Cognate with Akkadian 𒀖 (lītum, “cow”) and Arabic لَآة (laʔāh, “wild cow”).
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Proper noun edit
לֵאָה • (Le'a)
- Leah (biblical figure)
- a female given name, Leah
References edit
- Astour, Michael C. (1966) Hellenosemitica: An Ethinic and Cultural Study in West Semitic Impact on on Mycenaean Greece, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 90
- Kogan, Leonid (2011), “Proto-Semitic Lexicon”, in Weninger, Stefan, editor, The Semitic Languages. An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft – Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science; 36), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 205
Further reading edit
לאה on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
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Proper noun edit
לאה • (leye) f, diminutive לאהלע (leyele)
- Leah (biblical character)
- a female given name: Leah